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Operation Santa turns 100

Pete Fontana, the head elf for the Operation Santa program at the main post office in New York City, sorts one day's worth of Christmas letters to Santa from the five boroughs. By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY

Pete Fontana holds some of the many Christmas letters to Santa from the five boroughs of New York City.Last year the New York post office received more than 500,000 letters to Santa. By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY